Word: defeated
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...destiny through politics rather than murder and that civil war is still avoidable. We know that the enemies of democracy in Iraq will not stop there if they succeed. And we know that no perfect war has ever been fought, and no victory ever won, without the risk of defeat. Despair, in other words, is too easy now. And it too is a form of irresponsibility...
...stakes will not be quite that high. Harvard (12-13, 4-8 Ivy) will instead be playing to finish above .500 for the first time since the 2001-2002 team finished 14-12. To finish above par, the Crimson needs to halt a seven-game losing streak and defeat Cornell on Friday and Columbia on Saturday. Both games will be played at Lavietes Pavilion. “We look to go into this weekend and send out a message that they can forget the last seven,” said junior center Brian Cusworth. “That?...
...notes for a $10 tab at the Grille went to the first and second runners-up and a $20 Finale gift certificate went to the champion. Though the stakes were high, the victims of the seven-column-by-six-row vertical playing field remained composed in the face of defeat. “I’m not a very good game player—so I pretty much expected to lose going in,” said E.E. Keenan ’06, one of the contestants who failed to advance past the preliminary round...
...Each time a loser tries but completely fails to look gracious in defeat...
...less satisfying. Yet they managed to confine their celebrations to removing their cap and acknowledging, with a raising of their bat, the applause of the crowd. Today's leaping, fist-pumping performances - unleashed no matter what the state of play - are merely self-indulgent. When they follow upon the defeat of an opponent, they smack of triumphalism. The century-maker directs his attention first and foremost at his teammates. During this exchange of joy and gratitude, there might as well be no one else at the ground...